Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time

Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time
Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time
Studio album by The Notting Hillbillies
Released	6 March 1990
Recorded	1989–1990
Genre	Country rock, blues, Americana
Length	40:44
Label	Vertigo; Warner Bros. (US)
Producer	Mark Knopfler; Guy Fletcher
Mark Knopfler chronology

Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time is the only album by the Notting Hillbillies, released on 6 March 1990 by Vertigo Records internationally, and by Warner Bros. Records in North America.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

In his review for AllMusic, Tom Demalon called the album "a low-key, joyous run-through of mostly traditional, blues-based songs with a handful of originals."^[1] Demalon continued:

Despite the high-profile presence of Knopfler, the Notting Hillbillies succeed in sounding like a band with Knopfler often taking a backseat to his bandmates, although he does sing lead on the lovely "Your Own Sweet Way". The styles range from the gorgeous harmonies of "Railroad Worksong" with some mournful guitar from Knopfler, to the '50s-style rock ballad "Bewildered", to the breezy, tropical-flavored "One Way Gal".^[1]

Demalon concluded that Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time is a "delightful record that doesn't overstay its welcome."^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Railroad Worksong"	Traditional; arranged by The Notting Hillbillies	5:29
2.	"Bewildered"	Leonard Whitcup, Teddy Powell	2:37
3.	"Your Own Sweet Way"	Mark Knopfler	4:32
4.	"Run Me Down"	Traditional; arranged by The Notting Hillbillies	2:25
5.	"One Way Gal"	Traditional; arranged by The Notting Hillbillies	3:10
6.	"Blues Stay Away from Me"	Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore, Wayne Raney, Henry Glover	3:50
7.	"Will You Miss Me?"	Steve Phillips	3:52
8.	"Please, Baby"	Traditional; arranged by The Notting Hillbillies	3:50
9.	"Weapon of Prayer"	Ira Louvin, Charlie Louvin	3:10
10.	"That's Where I Belong"	Brendan Croker	2:51
11.	"Feel Like Going Home"	Charlie Rich	4:52

The song "Lonesome Wind Blues" is a non-album track that appears on two different European/UK CD & 12" singles: "Will You Miss Me" and "Feel Like Going Home".

Personnel

Music

Mark Knopfler – guitar, vocals
Guy Fletcher – keyboards, vocals
Brendan Croker – guitar, vocals
Steve Phillips – guitar, vocals
Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar

Additional musicians

Marcus Cliffe - bass
Ed Bicknell (Dire Straits' manager) - drums

Production

Mark Knopfler – producer
Guy Fletcher – producer
Bill Schnee – mix engineer
Brian Aris – photography
* Ron Eve - Guitar wrangler/technician

Charts

Chart (1990)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[2]	6
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[3]	3
Canada (RPM Top 100)^[4]	29
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[5]	13
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[6]	6
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[7]	4
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[8]	2
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[9]	8
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[10]	3
UK Albums (OCC)^[11]	2
US Billboard 200^[12]	52